Sven Giegold

Sven Giegold

New position of the German Greens on the Middle East

At their 51st Ordinary Federal Delegates Conference in Hanover, 28–30 November 2025, the German Greens have changed their position on the middle East moving it much closer to the majority view within the European Green Party (EGP). This has been widely noticed in the German media. Below is an English excerpt of the resolution addressing […]

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Declaration of the German Greens after death threats against the Serbian Greens

Berlin, 6 December 2025 We are appalled by the death threats, harassment and intimidation directed at Member of Parliament Biljana Đorđević that occurred outside the Serbian National Assembly in the centre of Belgrade. Few days the Green MP Bogdan Radovanovic was physically attacked while observing local elections. This particularly grave incident is the latest escalation […]

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European strategy of the German Greens

Dear friends and interested parties, As German Greens, we have set ourselves the goal of being the most European opposition party that Berlin has ever seen. In order to live up to this claim, we as the federal executive committee have adopted an ambitious European strategy. After my election, I coordinated a broad process involving […]

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Breaking: Merz attack on the Supply Chain Act

Dear friends, dear interested, At his kick-off press conference in Brussels today, German Chancellor Merz called for the abolition of the EU supply chain law (‘CSDDD’) in opposition to the coalition agreement with the SPD. The press conference took place at the invitation of and together with EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. Friedrich […]

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Success! Malta must end the sale of citizenships

Dear friends, Dear interested parties, Europe is not for sale! In a ground-breaking judgement, the European Court of Justice has just banned Malta from continuing to sell so-called ‘golden passports’. This is a milestone against financial crime – and strengthens Europe at the same time. The legal basis of the judgement is quite something. The […]

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Blockade instead of Draghi: EU Commission wants to remain cowardly on capital market union

The EU Commission’s draft communication on the planned financial market reforms of the new von der Leyen Commission has been leaked. The pathbreaking communication sets out the EU Commission’s planned measures for banks, insurance companies and capital markets for the coming years and is to be adopted by the College on 19 March 2025. Sven […]

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